HillviewKY

A town of 8,797, settled in 1974. A typical home worth about $227K.

Population

8,797

+5.5% since 2010

Typical home

$227K

+1.3% in a year

Household income

$68K

median

Median age

36.6

years

Jobs based here

3,973

Balanced

What makes Hillview stand out

The thing Hillview does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

$227Ktypical home

Housing

$227K typical home

2% below the KY typical home

Up 1.3% in a year.

Hillview’s report card

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Commute11 miHalf of commuters travel less Housing$227K2% below the KY typical home Climate88°/25°Summer high · winter low · 15″ snow SchoolsC+Beats 40% of KY districts Hazards43/100Moderate risk of storm & flood damage SafetyB−Less crime than 49% of U.S. towns Outdoors0 miof trails · 0.1% conserved

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Weather

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79°

Mostly Clear

H 73° · L 55°

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Woman receives two life sentences in fatal 2024 Hillview crash
WLKY · Oct 1

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Work & commute

Most working residents commute out of Hillview

Most working residents leave Hillview for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Shepherdsville (8%), Jeffersontown (5%) and Lexington-Fayette urban county (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

4%work in town

Where working residents work

In Hillview4%

Shepherdsville8%

Jeffersontown5%

Lexington-Fayette urban county3%

Watterson Park3%

11 mi

median commute distance

3,973

jobs based in Hillview

Balanced

jobs vs. working residents

Census LEHD 2023 · ACSCommute map →

Housing

A typical Hillview home is worth about $227K

The typical Hillview home is worth about $227,000, up 1.3% in a year, close to the Kentucky typical home.

$227KZillow home value

Typical home value

Hillview$227K

Kentucky$233K

Market temperature

days on market

99.6%

sale-to-list price

+1.3%

value change, 1 year

homes sold in May

Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data CenterHousing market →

Health

How healthy Hillview is

Hillview tracks Kentucky closely on all 5 CDC measures.

5 measures vs. Kentucky

0 better5 too close to call0 worse

Baptist Health Louisville

12.7 mi away · emergency room

1 of 3

care shortages: mental health

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →

Climate

Four seasons, pleasant summers

Hillview has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 88°, a January night drops to 25°, and about 15 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

15″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter28–46°

Spring45–68°

Summer66–87°

Fall47–69°

Nov 1

typical first frost

Apr 6

typical last frost

+1.2°

vs. the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →

Schools

Hillview’s public schools outperform 40% of Kentucky districts

The public schools Hillview’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 60% of Kentucky’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

C+School Grade

School	Grades	Students	Grade
Brooks Elementary School	PK–5	444	C+
Overdale Elementary School	PK–5	390	B−
Zoneton Middle School	6–8	343	C

NCES · EDFacts · graded within KY on state tests and graduationAll 3 schools →

Natural hazards

Moderate risk, with inland flooding at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 43% of U.S. communities.

43risk score of 100

FEMA risk score

Inland floodingTornadoesCold waves

paid flood claims since 2023

federal disasters paid out here

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →

Safety

Less crime per resident than 49% of U.S. towns

Hillview reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 51% report less.

B−Safety Grade

Violent crime per 1,000 residents

Hillview1.1

Kentucky2.1

U.S.3.3

Property crime per 1,000 residents

Hillview13.2

Kentucky12.8

U.S.15.5

49th

percentile among U.S. towns we grade

22nd

percentile among KY towns

violent crimes reported in 2025

119

property crimes reported in 2025

FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to policeFull safety report →

Outdoors

0.1% of Hillview is conserved land

0.1 miles of trails across 1 parks and preserves.

0.1%conserved

0.1%

conserved · 3 of 4,344 acres

0.1 mi

of trails · 0 per sq mi

Biggest places to walk	Trails	Acres
1. Jefferson Memorial Forest	—	3

2004 · KYMap-doton-Hillview · Wikimedia Commons

Hillview’s story

52 years in pictures

1 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives.

1974Hillview is settled
2004KYMap-doton-Hillview

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About Hillview

City in Kentucky, United States

Hillview is a home rule-class city in Bullitt County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 8,622 as of the 2020 census, up from 8,172 at the 2010 census. The primary road through the area is Kentucky Route 61, known as Preston Highway in both Jefferson and Bullitt counties. Long a rural farming community, Hillview was connected to what became Interstate 65 in 1954 and grew in the 1950s and 1960s as a suburb of Louisville. Its larger subdivisions included Maryville, Overdale, and Lone Acres, and they incorporated in 1974 to form the present city.

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